Proverbs 22:15-21

¹⁵Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

¹⁶He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

¹⁷Incline your ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply your heart,

¹⁸that you may know that they are good: and if you lay them to heart, they shall also gladden you on your lips.

¹⁹That your hope may be in the Lord, and he may make your way known to you.

²⁰And do you too repeatedly record them for yourself on the table of your heart, for counsel and knowledge.

²¹I therefore teach you truth, and knowledge good to hear; that you may answer words of truth to them that question you.